Heading off to West Texas for a Wired reporting trip today, so light posting for the next lil’ while. Until I manage to secure myself some dependable WiFi in the lightly populated triangle between Lubbock, Abilene, and Wichita Falls, please make do with highlights of the late-period Fly Girls. Sad to think such joyously athletic choreography has now vanished from the small screen, yet the depressing vapidity of Dancing With the Stars flourishes.
Gramsci // Mar 29, 2011 at 11:10 am
Not just from the small screen, either (btw, it’s worth pointing out that a Fly Girl now judges American Idol).
Believe it or not, youngsters, but back when the Fly Girls were “in full effect” rappers like Big Daddy Kane and Heavy D actually considered their dancers to be integral members of their group. Even dance-mongers like Soulja Boy don’t have dancers.
They also rapped uphill, both ways!
Jordan // Mar 29, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Heck, Tupac started as a *backup* dancer for Digital Underground.